Terms of Use

By logging in to use this resource you agree to abide by the contracts and license agreements between Houston Community College and the vendor providing this resource. You are expected to make good faith efforts to comply with the usage privileges and restrictions outlined below. Failure to do so may result in penalties or even prosecution.

The use of this resource is restricted to current students, faculty, and staff of Houston Community College. Persons who are not currently enrolled or employed by HCC, or who do not have a library barcode, may use these resources within the libraries.

In using this resource you agree to

abide by the Copyright Act of 1976

limit your use to non-commercial, educational, or personal research purposes

never share your login information

While using this resource you may

print and download limited amounts of information

quote information with proper attribution

copy an article for your personal teaching or research use

create a link to the article you are using

distribute a limited number of copies of this article to other internal (HCC) users

In addition, some vendors allow faculty and librarians to

create electronic reserves

create single-semester-use coursepacks

You may not use this resource to

systematically download large amounts of information, such as all the articles in a single journal

print or post a copy of an article from this database to another computer (you may post a link to it)

distribute copies of articles or portions of these publications to individuals or groups outside of HCC (non-subscribers)

sell or distribute articles or portions of articles from this resource to institutions for commercial purposes or for cost-avoidance or reduction by a non-subscribing institution

Vendors often monitor use to verify compliance with license agreements and contracts. Breach of license by a single user or group of users provides grounds for the vendor to restrict or remove access from HCC.